The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-05-27
FATALITIES.
Two Philadelphia Reporters
Crushed to Death on q Rail-
road Track.
A Freight Conductor Saves Two Lives
and Loses His Own-Fatal Col
lisiOn.

Five Persons Drowned in Traverse Bay
Loss Of Steamer and Nineteen Lives
in the Irish Channel.
PHILADELPHIA, May 2a-Saturday after
noon Ray Shepherd, of the Record, aged
twenty-six years, and Eleazer Isaacs, Of
the Press. We're reporting q picnic at the
State fair grounds given by clothing firm
Of this city to the school children, and had
left the grounds with William Blinn, a
Times reporter, and started for the train,
walking diagonally across the track, when
the Washington express, due at the Ger
mantOwn junction, came rushing upon
them. Blinn reached the platform in safe
ty and saw the train coming AROUND the
curve and shouted to his companions. They
started to run, but Isaacs tripped over u
rail, and Shepherd. who was close behind,
tripped over the PROSTATE form of his COM
paniOn, and before they could rise the train
struck them, killing both instantly. Their
bodies were dragged 100 yards, portions be-
ing scattered along the way.
COLLISION AT SEA.
New YORK, May 23.-Last Thursday at
5:25 p m, while the weather was calm and
the sea smooth, the British steamer Celtic
of the White Star line, from Liver
pool, was struck by the British
steamer Britannia of the same line
from New York for Liverpool, on the port
side aft, and considerable damage
done to the Britannia Several steerage
passengers were lounging about aft at the
time of the collision and four were killed
and several injured. Both vessels, accom-
panied by the steamships Marengo, from
Swansea for New York, and the British
Queen, from Liverpool for New York, ar
rived at the bar yesterday morning. The
Celtic's bow is stove in, but otherwise the
vessel is not much damaged. The Britain
MICS compartment is full of water.
LIGHTNING's WORK.
HANNIBAL, Mo-, May 23-During a storm
Saturday Mrs. g. w. Philips, living two
miles south of this city, was struck by
lightning. The shock caused the paralyza-
ton of the body below the waist. She is
still alive, but no hopes are entertained Of
her recovery. A valuable horse driven by
fishing party was struck by lightning,
also, and instantly killed. The party had
just hltchci up the team preparatory to
going home, when the bolt struck a tree
and passing down the trunk killed the
horse. The driver, Jack Hagan, and the
occupants of the vehicle were badly
shocked.
HEROIC DEATH.
WILKEsBARRE, Pa, May 23-Mich ael
Harmon. of this city, a freight conductor on
the Delaware 4 Hudson railroad, was
switching cars yesterday afternoon when
as his train backed down the track he saw
woman and little girl walking leisurely
along few rods in advance. He shouted 10
them, but as they became SO frightened
they could not move, he jumped off quickly
and running to where they were pushed
them from the track. In SO doing he
slipped and falling back across the rail
was crushed to death.
FATAL COLLISION.
BALTIMORE, May 23-A shifting engine
on the Baltimore 4 Ohio railroad at Bay
view station, near this city, collided
with passenger car in which were
fifteen telegraph lincmen, who were watt
ing to be taken to Chester, Pa. where they
were to go to work. SnOwden Clemens, a
native of West Virginia, was killed in-
stantly, and John w. Martin. James f.
Hare and Oliver Buckalew were seriously
injured. Buckalew will probably die. A
misplaced switch caused the collision.
QUINTUPLE DROWNING.
CHICAGO, May 23.-A special from Har-
Dor Springs, Mich, says: Captain l. w.
Cole took a party of friends composed OF
r. G. Stark. George W. Mise, Marion Trip,
Clarence Cole and Fred Cole, of Petosky,
and George A. Freeman, of Milwaukee, and
Henry Blood, Of Chicago, out for a sail on
Traverse Bay this morning. The yacht was
struck by squall and capsized, throwing the
party into the bay. ID. g. Stark, George
W. Mise, Captain Cole, Fred Cole and Ma
rion Trip were drowned. Captain Coles
body was recovered.
LOST IN THE GALE.
LONDON, May 23.-The new racing yacht
Thistle lost her bowsprit and was other
wise damaged in a run from Clyde to
Cowes during gale on Friday. While on
the trip the Thistle rescued three men in
a life boat belonging to the steamer Hark-
away, which had foundered. Sixteen lives
were lost when the steamer went down.
The life boat originally carried six persons,
three Of whom succumbed to privation.
RUNAWAY ACCIDENT.
TAYLoRvILLE. ILL.,, May 23-Mrs. Nancy
Young, widow lady living three miles
west OF town, aged about sixty-five, met
with serious accident yesterday morning.
In attempting to raise her parasOl while in
a wagon the team became frightened and
ran away, throwing Mrs. Young out of the
wagon. cutting q terrible cash over her left
eye and dislocating her collar bone. Owing
to her advanced age she will probably not
recover.
WASHINGTON, May 23.-Late yesterday
afternoon, while swimming in the Eastern
branch, George J. Jeffries was seized with
cramps and drowned before assistance
could be summoned. The deceased was but
twenty five years old, and his wife. to whom
he had been married but seven months, wit
messed the sad accident. The body was re-
covered an hour afterward.
BOYS DROWNED.
Dixon, Mo-, May 23-George Silk, aged
sixteen years, and brother, aged ten, were
drowned yesterday in the Gasconade river,
about eight miles south of here. They
were out in small boat, fishing, and it il
the boat turned over with them,
as it was partly filed with water when
found. The bodies have not as yet been
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